1st Edition

The Ethics Project in Legal Education

258 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

The contributions in this volume suggest that "the ethics project in legal education" is increasingly an international one. Even though the strength of commitment by both the profession and the legal academy to "ethics learning" within law schools varies, two fundamental questions confront all who work in this area. First, what is it that we want our students to learn (or, perhaps, in what manner... Read more

1. Introduction, Michael Robertson, Lillian Corbin, Kieran Tranter and Francesca Bartlett  2. Taking Values Seriously: The Democratic Intellect and the Place of Values in the Law School Curriculum, Julian Webb  3. ‘Represent a Murderer... I’d Never Do That!’ How Students Use Stories to Link Ethical Development and Identity Construction, Cassandra Sharp  4. Experience is the Only Teacher: Bringing Practice to the Teaching of Ethics, David F. Chavkin  5. Developing Professional Judgement: Law School Innovations in Response to the Carnegie Foundation’s Critique of American Legal Education, Clark D. Cunningham and Charlotte Alexander  6. A South African Response to Ethics in Legal Education, Helen Kruuse  7. Bioethical Principles as Signposts for Ethical Legal Practice, David McQuoid-Mason  8. Towards Ethical Literacy by Enhancing Reflexivity in Law Students, Lynda Crowley-Cyr  9. Learning in Justice: Ethical Education in an Extra-Curricular Law Clinic, Donald Nicolson  10. Reading Reported Cases Through a Legal Ethics Lens, Linda Haller  11. Coming to Terms with Legal Ethics Assessment, Justine Rogers

Biography

Michael Robertson is Professor and Head of the School of Law at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Lillian Corbin is Acting Head of Griffith Law School at Griffith University, Australia.

Kieran Tranter is a Senior Lecturer and Managing Editor of the Griffith Law Review at Griffith University, Australia.

Francesca Bartlett is a Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, Australia.